From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nix Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: proposal to make null string handling more emacs-y Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:23:07 +0100 Message-ID: <87mx5x1cfo.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> References: <83d36wfcf1.fsf@gnu.org> <834ns7g9r8.fsf@gnu.org> <87ty06nnxp.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87vckmm2z7.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87ehr9vp0r.fsf@destructor.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <87ehr9n8nh.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87y5phu8o3.fsf@destructor.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <878vhhn6oq.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1335536622 6626 80.91.229.3 (27 Apr 2012 14:23:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:23:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Jeremiah Dodds , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 27 16:23:39 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SNm5D-0008JD-4F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:23:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59890 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNm5C-0003MH-DP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:23:38 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48695) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNm56-0003Hl-I9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:23:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNm51-000823-SU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:23:32 -0400 Original-Received: from icebox.esperi.org.uk ([81.187.191.129]:37832 helo=mail.esperi.org.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNm4q-00080K-RW; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:23:17 -0400 Original-Received: from esperi.org.uk (nix@spindle.srvr.nix [192.168.14.15]) by mail.esperi.org.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q3REN8PU023563; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:23:08 +0100 Original-Received: (from nix@localhost) by esperi.org.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q3REN789020242; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:23:07 +0100 Emacs: it's not slow --- it's stately. In-Reply-To: <878vhhn6oq.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (Miles Bader's message of "Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:24:05 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.95 (gnu/linux) X-DCC-x.dcc-servers-Metrics: spindle 104; Body=3 Fuz1=3 Fuz2=3 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 81.187.191.129 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:150085 Archived-At: On 27 Apr 2012, Miles Bader uttered the following: > (1) This particular type of error (nil when string expected) is just > as, or even more, likely to occur over the rest of Emacs' > execution. FWIW I saw this error very recently. It turned out to be a magit bug that could I believe have potentially caused data loss, so I'm very glad it was diagnosed so I could fix it -- even if it *was* annoying at first to have to debug this with a crippled (i.e. -Q) emacs. -- NULL && (void)